Square Enix has released its financial report for the nine month period which ended December 31, 2012. The company posted a loss of 5.7 billion Yen, which is the total opposite of a 5 billion Yen profit for the same period a year ago. Revenue for game sales did increase to 102.7 billion Yen, from 95.7 billion Yen.

"During the nine-month period ended December 31, 2012, the Company has not recovered the operating loss posted in the six-month period ended September 30, 2012," said Square Enix in a statement to GamesIndustry International. "[This is] primarily due to the increasingly difficult condition of the world-wide console game market, under which the Group is struggling to achieve a fair expected return on its investment."

"On the other hand, content for other platforms such as PCs, smartphones and SNS such as ‘Sengoku Ixa,’ a browser game, and ‘Final Fantasy Brigade,’ a social networking game for Mobage, are generating an acceptable profit."

"In addition, newly released game titles, such as ‘Kaku-San-Sei Million Arthur,’ a social networking game released in April, 2012 serving more than 1 million registered users, have been expanding at a satisfactory pace. Registered users of Final Fantasy Artniks,’ a social networking game released in November, 2012 for Gree, exceeded 1 million at the end of December, 2012."

Despite the losses for the nine month period, Square Enix expects to report a profit for the full fiscal year which ends March 31, 2013. The company is hoping that Tomb Raider will be a success. The game is set to be released in March 5.

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The market is being blamed, because Square turned its back on the market. So they can blame us all they want to, but they fucked up and are now bleeding money, because its fanbase is leaving them behind.

A flop would imply that they made less than what it cost to make the game, which in either case is not true. Hitman and FFXIII-2 both sold over 2.8 million copies worldwide. If they didn't make a profit on a game that sold 2.8 million copies, they probably shouldn't be in the video game business.

Oh ok that's funny last time i checked the Wii was at 98m,Xbox 74m,PS3 72m.Sorry Square Enix but it's not the lack of console sale's.It's your garbage games that you have shipped this gen.Of course your just like everybody else blame everyone but yourself's.